Improvement in railroad crossings



Railroad Crossings. No. 139,643, Patmdmewszs,

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WITNESSES.

7 AM. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHIB CO MK I OSEURNEQ PRUCESSE A UNITED STATES JOSEPH WOOD, OF RED BANK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILROAD CROSSINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,643, dated June 3,1873; application filed November 11, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W001), of Red Bank, Monmouth county, New Jersey, have invented an Improved Railroad Intersection,

' of which the following is a specification:

with which the flanges of the car-wheels ride,

may be readily removed when worn,and replaced by a new one.

A A represent-the main rails of one track; B B, the intersecting main rails of another track, 0 O and D D being simply guardrails, and the whole being secured toa bottom corner-plate, E, as described in my aforesaid patent. It should be understoodthat all the rails are made, by preference, of steel, and are of the usual form. Instead of the rails being simply butted together, as described in my said patent, the ends of some of the rails are notched laterally at and near their ends, to receivethe ends of other and intersecting rails, in a manner which will be readily understood by referring to Fig. 1, the main rails being, by preference, notched rails, so that there may be as little interruption as possible in the continuity of their threads. At the point where the rails intersect, and where their continuity is necessarily interrupted for the passage of the flanges of the car-wheels,

I introduce the tapering pin G, of steel, which, in the present instance, is secured to its place by a nut or rivet on the under side of the plate E, the top of the pin forming a bearing for the flanges of the car-wheels, so that the treads of the latter may ride easily over the gaps formed at the intersection. This pin isnecessarily subjected to greater wear than any other part'of the crossing; but it can be readily removed, when deteriorated, to make way for a new one. the splicing-bars by which the rails are secured together. In Fig. 3, for instance, an angular splicing-bar, H, serves to connect the main rail A to the intersecting main rail B, and this bar is enlarged at the corner for the re ception of the pin G. The two main rails A and B are connected together by an angular splicing-bar, I, one leg of which passes through the web of the guard-rail D, and the two main rails B and A are connected together by the angular splicing-bar J, while an an gnlar splicing-bar, K, one leg of which passes through the web of the guard-rail 0, serves to connect the two main rails B and A. It will thus be seen that care is taken to connect together the main rails by splicing-bars, in addition to the bottom plate E, as these rails are subjected to the most severe strains, the guardrails being simply rivetedto the bottom plate.

I claim as my invention---- 1. A railroad intersection in which some of the rails are laterally notched at and near their ends, to receive the ends of other and intersecting rails, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A detachable pin, G, inserted at the intersection of the rails, asand for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the said pin with the angular splicing-bar H. y

4. The combination of the within-described angular splicingbars H, I, J, and K with the main railsof the intersection.

In testimony whereof I have signed m 5 name to this specification in the presence of two sub scribing witnesses.

JOSEPH WOOD.

Witnesses: l

. WM. A. STEEL,

HUBERT' HowsoN.

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